How do hexadecimal numbers or whatever work?

[Lynx]

65536 = FFFF

16 x 16 x 16 x 16 = 65536

hexidecimal jsut reminds me of tetra master

[Mirage]

How do you know about the hexadecimal system, Renmiri? It doesn't sound like a motherly thing to know.

She used to work for Motorola :p

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I recently learned that 65535 equals to FFFF in hexadecimal numbers or something; could you please tell me more on the subject?
How does it work?

It doesn't.

[Levian]

I recently learned that 65535 equals to FFFF in hexadecimal numbers or something; could you please tell me more on the subject?
How does it work?

Is that number special or something? 'cause that's the maximum PM's I'm allowed. I'm like totally freaked out now, it's like those numbers in Lost.

[Bunny]

They equal 24 which is the number of hours in a day and also a popular television show on Fox. 2 + 4 = 6, the first number in the series!

CONSPIRACY!

[bipper]

it is the largest number that can be represented in binary countin - i think. So in that case 65535 is to binary what FFFFFF is to hex.

edit: That is prolly why max PMS are at that number levi. Programmers always run into that number on more structured (and powerful ) languages. This does not include VB developers. They are not programmers.

[rubah]

2^16 is 65536, so 65535 is the largest number you can store in two bits. 15 to store the digits and 1 to store the information about the file.

[Tavrobel]

65535

Is that number special or something? 'cause that's the maximum PM's I'm allowed. I'm like totally freaked out now, it's like those numbers in Lost.

Yes. It's 256*256-1, or 2^16, while 256 is 2^8.

[Renmiri]

How do you know about the hexadecimal system, Renmiri? It doesn't sound like a motherly thing to know.

This mother is an Electronics Engineer on sabbatical

She used to work for Motorola

Before kids

[Mirage]

2^16 is 65536, so 65535 is the largest number you can store in two bits. 15 to store the digits and 1 to store the information about the file.

Are you sure you're not thinking of two bytes? Because the maximum 2-bit value is 4. 2² :p.

[Firo Volondé]

6*9 = 42... in Base 13. Anyone who knows why I said that gets a cookie.

[Mirage]

Gimme the cookie then.

[crono_logical]

I like the Base-Π number system

[Renmiri]

6*9 = 42... in Base 13. Anyone who knows why I said that gets a cookie.

4 x 13 + 9 = 54

6 * 9 = 54

Coookie!!!

[bipper]

Life was just binary until women came along